[RESOLVED] Modal Form in MDI

[Dazzler]

Hi All,
My application is an MDI, i am trying to lock the system in a particular time if my system is Idle..Am using a Modal Form to get the password and open the system...

My problem is if the application is idle in minimized state,the password form appers outside the MDI application since it is not a child form(as it cannot be showed modally)...

Plz help me to overcome this.....

[randem]

That is correct. I believe that if you show the form with ownership belonging to the MDI form it will work in the manner you want.

[Dazzler]

do u mean to say like this

frmLock.Show 1, frmMain

i tried this too but in vein........

[Siddharth Rout]

do u mean to say like this

frmLock.Show 1, frmMain

i tried this too but in vein........

Try this

frmLock.Show vbModal, frmMain

[Dazzler]

Both Means the same.....


Same problem again....

plz someone help this is very urgent........

[Siddharth Rout]

Hi try maximising the form frmmain in the same code followed by
frmLock.Show vbModal, frmMain

Would that help?

[Dazzler]

sorry that is not the requirement...only when the client click open the application the form should appear in that

[Siddharth Rout]

do you mean to say that if your application is minimised and the system is idle then the form shouldn't show till the frmmain is maximised. In other words do you want to lock your application when the system is idle?

[Dazzler]

s exactly........

[Siddharth Rout]

s exactly........

How are you calling the code? "frmLock.Show vbModal, frmMain" Can I see the calling code?

One way i can think of doing is checking via code if frmmain is minimised. If it is, then I will call the above code in a minimised state....

[Dazzler]

i tried that too...i wrote code in form resize and checked that the form fires only when the state is maximized..but the case is as soon as i click the application the form is appearing before maximize...

Private Sub MDIForm_Resize()
Dim k As Long
If LockFlg = True Then
  If Me.WindowState = vbMaximized Then
     Call miLockWS_Click
  End If
End If
End Sub

[Siddharth Rout]

i will come to that later, but what about

How are you calling the code? "frmLock.Show vbModal, frmMain" Can I see the calling code?

[Dazzler]

s exactly the same way...

[Dazzler]

Hello... is anybody there to help me out........

[randem]

Yeah, I tried it and it does not work that way. What you are going to have to do is to create the form as a MDI Child and then when you call the form never let the form load event complete so that control never returns to the MDI Parent. That is about the only way I know to achieve what you want.

[randem]

That way won't work either... Still trying.

[randem]

This will work...

[Dazzler]

Hello..
thanks for the code... the problem with this code is i have MDI forms with menus and toolbar.. if i disable all the forms yet enable MDI form it creates problem for me as user can click open menus....

[randem]

Well, then disable the toolbar and menus on the MDI Form...

[randem]

Now Try this...

[Dazzler]

Actually while loggin into the system i will be disabling some menus based on user permissions..if i use this code i have to disable and enable all the menus.. but this creates problem as i dont know after loging in... what could be done?

[randem]

but this creates problem as i dont know after loging in... what could be done?

hmmmm.... You don't know what?????

You only disable the menus when the "Modal" form is loaded which should not be all the time...


If you want to only re-enable the menus that were enabled before you disable them, you simply check and store that state of each item before disabling the menu items then only re-enable those.

[Dazzler]

Thanks a lot... it resolved my problem.......